Bomb on rail route: Search for KSRTC driver, crime branch to probe

KOTTAYAM: Search has been intensified for the KSRTC driver of Ernakulam depot identified as Senthil, native of Mulunthuruthy, suspected to have placed a bomb in a tiffin box near the Piravom railway station in Velloor yesterday. The police have reached Palakkad in search of him.

Crime branch DySP Biju K Stephen will investigate the incident. The investigation is being centred on Senthil following the statement of Thomas, driver of a private bus running on Ernakulam-Cherukara route. The police have noticed that the handwriting seen in the diary recovered from his house and the bike number written on the tiffin box is that of Senthil’s.

The dispute between the two worsened when Thomas became the driver of the private bus earlier driven by Senthil.  Police have come to the conclusion that the animosity towards Thomas made him write the former’s bike number in the tiffin box after placing the bomb.

Thomas told police that Senthil had attacked him many times before.